Last Dance at the Confiteria Ideal

by Kevin Carrel Footer For 20 years, Diego Alvaro Zoraida Fontclara have hosted the Friday afternoon milonga at the Confiteria Ideal, one of the sacred places of tango. Like me, many people learned to dance or took their first tentative steps in a real milonga on...

Why Did the Angels Leave This World?

I wrote this poem, then set it to music with the help of my friends Jorge Rabito, Joaquin Sellan, Fabián “Sapo” Miodownik. Here are the words/lyrics, for those who want to see them written out… 1. Passengers all we toe the line Thrust screaming into life So soon...

Another Way of Seeking

Another Way of Seeking: Gabriela Martinez & Kevin Carrel Footer from Intrepid Patrol on Vimeo. “Another Way of Seeking” performed and choreographed by Gabriela Martinez & Kevin Carrel Footer Music: “Niebla del Riachuelo” by Maria...

Video: Niebla del Riachuelo

When the fog settles over La Boca del Riachuelo, anything can happen. A rowboat materializes and a silent oarsman invites you to cross to the Isla Maciel in front. You hear the lament of a bandoneon coming from a conventillo. A band of cartoneros sorts the cardboard...
Our NPR Concert

Our NPR Concert

María Volonté and Kevin Carrel Footer perform live on the National Public Radio (NPR) Tiny Desk Concert series in Washington, DC.

Behold!

Behold!

The morning fills me with the precious waters of a new day. I gather droplets in my wide-open mouth. It is as if it were the very first day and I am brought out pristine and eager, everything a fresh blessing. The morning is the sacred time. In it I witness the making...